Trip To The Zoo!

My friend, Emily, invited Bella and I to join her and her daughter, Ally at the zoo today! A few other moms came with their kids, and we had a great time! It was sooooo hot, but luckily, a lot of the exhibits and walking trails were in the shade.

Flamingos...they're the first exhibit, but Bella has no clue what they are. She kept calling them giraffes; I think it was her one-track mind!

Ally and Bella were pretty excited to see the elephants walking around and eating!

I actually showed some discretion and decided not to post the picture of the elephant pooping and peeing, but I'm not going to lie, it was incredible. After dumping something on the ground that was about three times the size of Evie, it sounded like the elephant turned on a fire hose. The kids that were watching loved it! The adults may have giggled, too. (Whaaaaaaaat???)

Just checking in with Little Miss Evelyn. She did so great and stayed awake most of the trip. She spends much more time awake now, and Bella and I have fun invading her personal space for kisses.

The giraffes! Or, as Bella would say it, "LOOK!!!!!!! GIRAFFES!!!!!!!" Bella has about seven giraffes that all sleep with her (even the small, plastic ones), and she was over-the-moon ecstatic to see the giraffes walking around and eating! After the elephants, she wanted to know when the giraffes were going to go yuckies. I didn't make any promises.

What do you do if you're a dramatic three-year old and you've just been told that you have to leave your favorite giraffe exhibit??? You cling desperately to a giraffe statue in hope that Mama might let you stay. When she doesn't, you whine, "Oh, Muddeeeeerrrrr!" Thanks for that, Bells.

The gorillas were in full-on alpha mode; lots of charging and chest thumping! There were some babies, too, that Ally and Bella loved!

Yep. All of these strollers are ours. We had fours adults, four toddlers, and two babies; we were quite the caravan!

I wish I could have gotten a better picture of this because it was so awesome! The tigers were awake and pacing in front of the glass the entire time we were there! Bella was enthralled and absolutely loved it when they would jump up on the glass! P.S. Took a moment to be thankful there was glass!

Melting in the heat while carrying Evie! Thankfully, we were in the shade, and she finally fell asleep!

Loved checking out the goats close-up! We washed our hands, really really well after the petting zoo!

Slightly less excited after a hot morning in the sun! Bella probably could've spent double the amount of time there, just staring at the animals. As you can tell, she did NOT want to leave.

Only a few meltdowns between 6 children, and so much fun in between - it was definitely a success! So thankful to have other stay-at-home moms that we can do fun outings with!!!